Growing up, for at least two summers, I attended a French-only day camp. My mom believed it would help us become more fluent in French. She wasn’t wrong—we were already in French immersion school—but the experience turned out to be far more than a language lesson.
On the very first day, camp monitors told the other kids that my siblings and I didn’t speak French. That wasn’t true. We understood it, we spoke it, but we were Anglophones—and in Quebec, that label came with assumptions. Add to that the fact that we were Asian, and suddenly we were outsiders twice over. I noticed how they looked at us like we were strange, different, other. And I felt it, too.
Separated from my siblings because of our ages, I found myself alone. The camp monitors and campers talked to me like I was slow or didn’t understand—a weird, exaggerated French that felt more like mockery than help. I remember thinking, You’ve got to be kidding me.
Then came the field trip to the Olympic Stadium to see the Montreal Expos. I remember the other campers—bored, loud, disruptive. And then they turned on me. First, heckling. Then spitballs. Eventually, they spat at me. I tried to ignore them, even turned around and stared them down, but it didn’t stop. No camp monitor stepped in. No one told them to stop. I felt helpless, humiliated, and confused. Why me?
At the time, I didn’t understand. I suppressed the memories. It wasn’t until my husband asked if I was ever bullied that it all came flooding back. That pain shaped me, even if I didn’t realize it then.
And from that pain, KNg Dynasty was born.
This brand is more than just a name—it’s my declaration. A union of two families. A celebration of being seen and heard as a minority. A platform where our journeys—no matter how different—are valued.
We are dragons.
Fierce. Creative. Confident. Empowered. We turn pain into power and stories into strength. We rise, together.
KNg Dynasty is a movement.
Your Dynasty Awaits.
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